CLAMPED DOWN Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

clamped down

verb

past tense of clamp down

as in turned back

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At a polling station in Rio de Janeiro, the voting machines had already been switched off minutes after polls were set to close and couldn't be turned back on.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
At a polling station in Rio de Janeiro, the voting machines had already been switched off minutes after polls were set to close and couldn’t be turned back on.

— Eléonore Hughes, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of turned back

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Andrus said candy shipments were delayed in customs while officials checked labeling and safety requirements.

— Beret Leone, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Yes, this can also get confrontational at times, with words being traded and attitudes checked at either the tailgate tent or the door to each hosting house.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

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There is a complimentary personalization service, and each piece can be gold-stamped with up to three initials.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Instead, his team developed SynthID, an imperceptible, incorruptible digital watermark now stamped to anything generated by Google AI, but also OpenAI, Nvidia, Kakao, and, soon, Apple.

— Daniel Varghese, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of stamped

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The workers organized a strike, but their efforts were brutally suppressed.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
For 15 years multiple rounds of quantitative easing kept yields suppressed below 3% and often even close to zero, returns which are hardly competitive with stocks.

— Justin Zacks, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of suppressed

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In two separate probes of Sguros’ handling of 911 calls, it was recommended he be suspended for one day related to one investigation and five days related to the other.

— Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
Gonzalez was initially suspended over violations involving abusive statements, endangerment, drugs and alcohol.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026

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